Monday, May 17, 2010

Moveable Chord Shapes

Hello, Students, I am unable to upload the video to my blog site at this time. In the future we will work on getting some video on the site.
In the meantime, I will show each of you a clip of the video covering the chord shapes during your next lesson.
The main points to rembember are the following:
  • Many chords are "moveable"
  • Moveable means to take the shape and move it to other positions on the fretboard
  • Example: B minor style chord starting on the 1st string 2nd fret, if you take the "shape" of a B minor chord and move it up one fret then you have a C minor chord, another fret and it's C# minor and so on.

Remember this rule also:
All Natural notes are a step apart (2 frets) except B to C and E to F which are a half step apart (1 fret). Any note between naturals is Sharp (#) of the note behind it and flat (b) of the note ahead of it.
Examples on the 6th string:
F 1st fret
F# 2nd fret
G 3rd fret
G# 4th fret
A 5th fret

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